Women’s Rights Movement . 
　  
46. R------- of Women  
Women’s rights are guarantees of political, social, and ***nomic equality for women in a society that traditionally gives more power and freedom to men. Among these rights are control of property, equality of opportunity in education and employment, right of voting, and freedom of marriage. Today, complete political, ***nomic, and social equality with men remains to be achieved.  

47. Traditional Sta------ of Women.  
Male control was obvious from the time of the earliest written historical r***rds, Probably as a result of men’s role in hunting and warfare. The belief that women were naturally weaker and inferior to men was also found in god-centered religions. Therefore, in most traditional societies, women generally were at a disadvantage. Their education was limited to learning domestic skills, and they had no access to positions of power. A woman had no legal control over her person, her own land and money, or her children.  

48. S-------- of Women’s Rights Movement.  
The Age of Enlightenment (启蒙时期）and the Industrial Revolution, which caused ***nomic and social progress, provided a favorable climate for the rise of women’s rights movement in the late 18th and the 19th century. In 1848 more than 100 persons held the first women’s rights convention in New York, and the feminists (女权主义者) demanded equal rights, including the vote.  

49. Dev--------.  
In the late 1960s women made up about40 percent of the work force in England, France, Germany, and the United States. This figure rose to more than 50 percent by the mid-1980s. A commission under the President was established in 1960 to consider equal opportunities for women. Acts of Congress entitled them to equality in education, employment, and legal rights. In 1964 the Civil Rights Act, initially intended only for blacks, was extended to women.  

50. Go--------.  
The objectives of the women’s movement included equal pay for equal work, federal support for day-care centers, r***gnition for lesbian (女性同性恋) rights, making abortion (堕胎) legal, and the focus of serious attention on the problems of forced sex relations, wife and child beating, and discrimination against (歧视) older and minority women.  

46. 本题答案为Rights。回答这类问题，关键是找出每段的主题句，主题句找出来后，大意基本上就可以概括出来了。这一段的主题句显然是第一句话，定义妇女的权利包括哪些方面的内容。所以空格处应填Rights。  

47. 本题答案为Status。本段的主题句在段落中间，即这句话：Therefore, in most traditional societies, women generally were at a disadvantage. 这句话也就反映了过去妇女的地位。地位是Status。  

48. 本题答案为Start。这一段主要叙述的是妇女运动何时开始的。根据信号词rise就可以把答案做出来。  

49. 本题答案为Developments。这一段接着上一段进一步介绍妇女运动的发展情况，显然标题应该是Developments。此外，由于空格处已经给出三个字母，该题相对容易多了。  

50. 本题答案为Goals。整段内容说明妇女运动的目标，原文中的目标用的objective这个词，换一个意义相近的词，就是goal。所以，根据信号词objective，我们会想到答案应该为Goals。  

三、解题步骤  

以上我们介绍了概括大意的测试点及解题方法。考生在做这部分题目时应注意：  

1. 先看大标题，然后仔细阅读每段文字，理解段落的首句及尾句，尽量找到段落的主题句。  

2. 理解段落中句子之间的相互关系。如果段落的第一句或前两句是概括性的句子，紧接着开始论述细节，从而可以确定段首句为主题句。如果从首句就开始论述细节，到尾句才进行概括或归纳，说明尾句是主题句。如果首句和尾句都是陈述句，而在段中出现一句概括性的句子，说明该句是主题句，概括了全段的中心 思想 。如果全段均为情节句，没有一句概括性的句子，表明这是无主题句的段落。这时要概括段落论述的中心或焦点进行提炼。跳出具体细节，从整体上把握段落，概括出全段的大意。  

3. 小标题与大标题对照。找出每个段落的主题句并概括出其大意后，反过来再看文章的大标题，看看每段的主题是不是文章大主题的分主题。经过从宏观到颓，从颓再到宏观这两上过程就能保证把小标题命出来。  

4. 注意词的形式。由于所需补全的词一般多为名词，要从逻辑上考虑是用名词的单数还是用复数。如果需要补全的词前后还有其它的词时，注意该词与其它词的搭配关系。